2017-2019 Governing Board
IFLA's Governing Board (GB) is responsible for the governance and financial and professional directions of IFLA, and represents the Federation in legal and other formal proceedings.
The Board consists of the President, the President-elect, ten directly elected members, the Chair of the Professional Committee, the Chairs of each IFLA Division, and the Chair of the Management of Library Associations Section's Standing Committee.
Up to three further GB members may be co-opted to provide expertise or represent special interests. IFLA's Secretary General, who serves as the Board's Secretary, is an ex officio member.
President
Presidenta
FESABID (Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística)
Diputació de Barcelona
Comte d'Urgell 187
08036 Barcelona
Spain
perezsalmeron@gmail.com
President-elect
Freelance Librarian
Melbourne
Australia
Christine.mackenzie.au@gmail.com
Treasurer
Director
Stadtbibliothek Bremen
Ltd. Bibliotheksdirektorin
Am Wall 201
28195 Bremen
Germany
barbara.lison@stadtbibliothek.bremen.de
Member
Professor and University Librarian
Sun Yat-sen University Library
135 Xin Gang Xi Lu
510275 Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
cheng@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Member
Director of the Centre d’Activités Francophones (CAF)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
P.O. Box 138 - Chatby
21526 Alexandrina
Egypt
marwa.elsahn@bibalex.org
Member
Head of the Library Science Department
Eötvös Loránd University
Baktói u. 97
6728 Szeged
Hungary
hajdu@jgypk.u-szeged.hu
Member
CEO
Columbus Metropolitan Library
96 South Grant Avenue
43215 Columbus, Ohio
United States
plosinski@columbuslibrary.org
Member
Library Director
Malmö City Library
Kung Oscars väg 11
211 33 Malmö
Sweden
torbjorn.nilsson5@malmo.se
Member
Registrar/CEP
Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN)
4th Floor, Veterinary Council of Nigeria Building
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Nigeria
Work+(234)(803)3348817
vicokojie@yahoo.com
Member
Head Librarian
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
M1C 1A4 Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Work+(1) 416-287-7519
owen@utsc.utoronto.ca
Member
International Officer
Bibliothèque nationale de France/ Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse--La Joie par les livres
Quai François-Mauriac
75706 Paris
France
Work+(33)(1)53795286
viviana.quinones@bnf.fr
Member
Former Manager
Public Libraries in Aarhus (DOKK1)
Hack Kampmanns Plads 2
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Work+(45) 5360 1465
Knudprof@gmail.com
Chair Professional Committee
Head of Office, Senate Library
Senato della Repubblica Italiana
Piazza della Minerva, 38
Rome
Italy
Work+(39)(06)67065023
raissa.teodori@senato.it
Chair Division I
State Librarian and Chief Executive Officer
State Library of Queensland
Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Bank
QLD 4101 South Brisbane
Australia
Vicki.McDonald@slq.qld.gov.au
Chair Division II
Senior Advisor
Center for Research Libraries
6050 S. Kenwood Avenue
60637-28 Chicago, Illinois
United States
aokerson@gmail.com
Chair Division III
Professor, Faculty of Arts
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
maja.zumer@ff.uni-lj.si
Chair Division IV
Head of Library, President' s Private Office
Presidency of Hellenic Democracy
2, Vasileos Georgiou B' str.
10028 Athens
Greece
tonia.arahova@gmail.com
Chair Division V
Professor at Graduate Program in Information Science
University of Sao Paulo
05508-020 Cidade Universitária, São Paulo
Brazil
sueli.ferreira@gmail.com
Chair Management of Library Associations Section
Director, Chapter Relations and International Relations
American Library Association
United States
mdowling@ala.org
Secretary General (ex officio member)
IFLA Headquarters
P.O. Box 95312
2509CH The Hague
Netherlands
Work+31 70 3140884
Fax+31 70 3834827
iflasg@ifla.org
Last update: 29 August 2017